The use of high-frequency ultrasound as a method of assessing the severity of a plaque of psoriasis

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 658-662

  Gupta, Aditya K ^a   Turnbull, Daniel H ^a,b,d   Harasiewicz, Kasia A ^b   Shum, David T ^c   Watteel, Gena N ^c   Foster, F Stuart ^b   Sauder, Daniel N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASOUND;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0029989724     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.132.6.658     Document Type: Article

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